bagapath
International Captain
In the "best ODI batsman" thread too much stress has been laid on one world cup final to argue against sachin tendulkar. this thread is to choose a dream world cup xi that will hopefully be a platform for choosing the players who have performed the best in world cup. please stick to stats pertaining to world cup games alone. we've had 9 tournaments so far with 5 different winners. and that should be enough to choose a solid team.
here are the nominees.
openers:
greenidge
haynes
gooch
boon
gary kirsten
mark waugh
sachin
saeed anwar
jayasuriya
ganguly
gilchrist
hayden
gibbs
fleming
middle order:
viv richards
ponting
de silva
lara
miandad
steve waugh
ranatunga
dravid
kallis
martin crowe
andy flower
inzamam
jayawardane
allan lamb
alan border
richardson
zaheer abbas
dean jones
michael bevan
jonty rhodes
all rounders:
imran khan
kapil dev
richard hadlee
chris cairns
lance klusener
andrew flintoff
wicket keepers:
gilchrist
sangakkara
boucher
moin khan
mccullum
healy
dujon
rod marsh
andy flower
bowlers:
McGrath
Akram
Muralitharan
Vaas
Srinath
Donald
Warne
Kumble
Pollock
Kapil Dev
McDermott
Shoaib Akhtar
Jayasuriya
Ambrose
Abdul Qadir
Saqlain Mushtaq
Lee
Waqar
Holding
Garner
here are the nominees.
openers:
greenidge
haynes
gooch
boon
gary kirsten
mark waugh
sachin
saeed anwar
jayasuriya
ganguly
gilchrist
hayden
gibbs
fleming
middle order:
viv richards
ponting
de silva
lara
miandad
steve waugh
ranatunga
dravid
kallis
martin crowe
andy flower
inzamam
jayawardane
allan lamb
alan border
richardson
zaheer abbas
dean jones
michael bevan
jonty rhodes
all rounders:
imran khan
kapil dev
richard hadlee
chris cairns
lance klusener
andrew flintoff
wicket keepers:
gilchrist
sangakkara
boucher
moin khan
mccullum
healy
dujon
rod marsh
andy flower
bowlers:
McGrath
Akram
Muralitharan
Vaas
Srinath
Donald
Warne
Kumble
Pollock
Kapil Dev
McDermott
Shoaib Akhtar
Jayasuriya
Ambrose
Abdul Qadir
Saqlain Mushtaq
Lee
Waqar
Holding
Garner
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